PASPORT Explorations in Physics Lab Manual

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Appropriate for Grades 11-12
Educator designed, this 670-page Explorations in Physics Lab Manual contains 25 core standards-based labs in mechanics, electricity and magnetism, sound, thermodynamics, properties of matter, and optics.
Using PASPORT sensors, the experiments make it easy to incorporate electronic data collection into your curriculum. One lab manual per teacher or classroom recommended.
Lab Manual includes 25 Physics Activities:
Mechanics
1. Relative Motion: Frame of Reference
2. Position vs. Time
3. Velocity - Motorized Cart
4. Acceleration - Cart on an Inclined Track
5. Newton's First Law - No Net Force
6. Newton's Second Law - Acceleration
7. Newton's Third Law - Equal and Opposite
8. Friction Forces
9. Conservation of Momentum
10. Conservation of Energy
11. Impulse & Change in Momentum
12. Projectile Motion
13. Circular Motion
Electricity and Magnetism
14. What is Voltage?
15. What is Current?
16. Ohm's Law
17. Electric Fields
18. Magnetic Fields
19. Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Sound
20. Sound Wave Properties
21. Superposition & Interference
Properties of Matter/Thermodynamics
22. Archimedes' Principle
23. Transer of Energy
Optics
24. Inverse Square Law
25. Polarization
The lab manual comes in a 3-ring binder with CD and includes:
•Teacher information pages, which include materials lists, correlations to national standards, background information and more.
•Hand-out ready Student Instruction Sheets
oLists all material requirements
oProvides safety precautions
oGuides students through equipment set-up
oProvides data recording and analysis sections
•Hand-out ready Student Response Sheets (student and teacher versions)
oProvides assessment opportunity
oAllows students to revisit their predictions about the outcome of the experiment
oUses q

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